Specifications
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To open or close all focused plug-in windows:
 Press the Plug-in switch in the Window Management sec-
tion. 
To close all open plug-in windows:
 Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and press the Plug-in 
switch in the Window Management section. This closes all 
real-time and AudioSuite plug-in windows. 
To set D-Control to automatically open plug-in windows:
1 Press the Operation switch in the D-Control Soft Keys sec-
tion repeatedly to display the page that includes the Channel 
Window Display preference (“ChanWn”). 
2 Press the Soft Key that corresponds to “ChanWn” until its 
value is “Yes.”
With this preference set to “Yes,” when you assign a new 
plug-in, press an encoder Select switch to edit a plug-in, or cy-
cle through plug-ins on the focused track, the plug-in window 
will automatically open on-screen.
Managing Multiple Plug-in Windows
D-Control lets you open and swap multiple plug-in windows 
on-screen. This makes it possible keep plug-in windows open 
while focusing on different tracks (for example, in a session 
where several tracks have Dynamics and EQ plug-ins).
Targeting Plug-ins
A plug-in is said to be targeted on-screen when its target icon in 
the plug-in window header is lit red. The first plug-in window 
to be opened is automatically targeted. 
 When a plug-in window is targeted, it is replaced when you 
open any new plug-in window. 
 When a plug-in window is not targeted (when its target icon 
is grey) the plug-in window will remain on-screen.
To open multiple plug-in windows: 
 Hold Shift while opening each new window. The new 
plug-in windows are not targeted.
To swap multiple plug-in windows while changing track focus:
1 Focus a track with multiple plug-ins (for example, dynam-
ics, EQ and Pitch Shift plug-ins) by pressing the track’s Select 
switch.
2 Open multiple plug-in windows on the focused track while 
holding the Shift modifier. 
3 Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) while changing focus 
to another track with multiple plug-ins by pressing the track’s 
Select switch. 
Focused plug-ins with open windows swap into new plug-in 
windows on-screen, wherever plug-ins are present in the new 
track. 
Making Plug-ins Inactive or Active
You can toggle the active/inactive status of a plug-in directly 
from a channel strip without putting D-Control into Make 
Inactive mode.
To toggle a plug-in active/inactive directly from a channel strip:
1 Press the Inserts switch on a channel strip to display the 
names of the plug-ins on the channel’s encoders.
2 Hold Control+Start (Windows) or Control+ Command 
(Mac) and press the encoder Select switch for the plug-in.
Changing Plug-in Presets from Channel 
Strips
You can activate next or previous settings in the Plug-in Li-
brarian menu directly from any channel strip on D-Control. 
These commands mirror the Next and Previous Setting but-
tons in the plug-in header.
To enable the next or previous plug-in setting from a channel 
strip:
1 Focus the plug-in in a channel strip so its controls are visible 
on the channel strip encoders.
2 Hold Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press the 
Page Up (Next) or Page Down (Previous) switch in that chan-
nel strip’s Channel Strip Mode controls.










